The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-30
FLORIDA.

Work has commenced on the Union depot
at Sanford.
A railroad is to be constructed between
st. Augustine and Anastasia Island.
n. D. Smith has leased the Apopka Hotel,
and proposes to conduct it in tirst-class
style.
John R. Crow, of Hawkinsville, has sold
his stock of oranges for 81 80 a box on the
dock.
The st. Augustine Gun Club is no more,
its affairs having been voluntarily put in
the hands of a receiver to be wound up.
On account of quarantine regulations
rearly all the Hillsborough oranges around
Plant City have been sent to Lakeland
Theodosia Gllet Houghton, married to
Rev. L. f. Surquond. of Enterprise, at
Detroit, Nov 2, died at Enterprise Mon
day.
Messrs, Digger and Owens, of Hawkins
vile, have killed eighteen offers in the past
week. Their hides are worth from So to So
each.
Several new buildings for business pur-
poses as we'll as residences have been con
tracted for at Apopka, and will be put under
way at once.
Associate Justice Van Valkenburgh, of
the State Supreme Court, is quite i'll, and
his friends manifest considerable anxiety
ABOUT MS COnulJlon.
S. J. Fleming, highly esteemed citizen
of Leon county, attempted to get in his
wagon Sunday, when his foot slipped and
he fell and broke his leg.
Secretary Lamar has recommended that
suit be instituted for the unlawful cutting
of timber from public lands against Isaac
Eppinger and John K RUSSELL of Olustee.
Bangs & Gaynor have finished their con-
tract on the jetties at the mouth of the St
Johns river, and will soon remove their
plant to Norfolk, Va, where they have a
contract.
At Crawford, station on the Florida
Railway and Navigation Company, four
miles south of Callahan, about s o'clock
Sunday night car containing eighteen
bales Of cotton was burned.
At O'Clock Sunday evening small house,
used as a camp by the hands working at the
steam shovel, about one mile from Hedger,
on the Florida Railway and Navigation
road was burned to the gronud.
B. F. Vanmeter, of Orange, Tex, has
purchased through Page Mckinney the Til
den Grove, at Apopka, paying $500. This
tract is within the city limits, and comprises
several valuable town lots, and is a beautiful
place.
The Florida Wine Factory, at Apopka is
now in full operation, and the luscious
pressed out The works present busy and
sticky" scene. This company will pay out
through the Bank of Apopka several thou
sands of dollars for fruit, labor, ETC., all Of
which sum will be kept at home.
Peru is a little village fifteen miles south
east of Tampa, on the Alfalfa river, a stream
navigable to that place by boats of good size
and tonnage. 1t has three stores, post
office, good school with an average attend
ance of thirty pupils. The streets have been
crowded for the past few days with teams
from the country bringing TO market
oranges and farm productions in abundance.
Saturday the Peru Orange Company bought
about 1000 oranges.
At Monticello Sunday, a few minutes be-
fore his departure for Washington, several
OF his warm personal friends assembled in
the Clerksoffice, w. A. w. Simmons, hav-
ing secured an extra supply Of "Mumn,n
and drank feeling toasts in farewell to SEN
ator Samuel Pasco. The latter's response